Comments for Qualcomm Reveals First Lenovo Smartbook

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Malderon

11:29 AM on 13 November, 2009

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I think these are a decent idea as well. I like my main laptop to be portable (12-13") and need far more power than Atom. I also have a smartphone of course, (Blackberry Storm at present) but I still think there is room for a smartbook. Something to browse the net on when the main beast runs out of charge, or to carry in a briefcase for emergency train surfing. I dont know, the important thing is to get the price right, £200 is the sweetspot. Lets not forget the Sim-free price fo smartphones is high in comparison, £300-800.





The original netbook concept was a decent idea, however people thought they were just cheap regular laptops and then were dissapointed with the performance etc. With Linux only and a non 86 architecture this is much more clearly differentiated.





I can see Atom on the way out though (which can only be a good thing). It's squeezed by ARM on the bottom end, and by Intel's own far superior ULV processors on the higher end. I didnt jump on the netbook bandwagon first time round, but an ARM machine with All day battery life might tempt me.